LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 1

Number and Operations - The learner will recognize, model, and write whole numbers through 30.

Objective 1.01

Develop number sense for whole numbers through 30.

  • Connect model, number word (orally), and number, using a variety of representations.
  • Count objects in a set.
  • Read and write numerals.
  • Compare and order sets and numbers.
  • Use ordinals (1st-10th).
  • Estimate quantities fewer than or equal to 10.
  • Recognize equivalence in sets and numbers 1-10.

Resources aligned to this objective

Resources on the web

Plenty of Practice
Students construct a bulletin board display that focuses on sums of 9, 10, 11, and 12. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Order, Order
Students seriate objects and review the meaning of ordinal numbers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
One, Two, Three--Go
Students compare sets of one, two, and three objects, and then record a set of three in chart form. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Numbers Many Ways
Students work with subtraction at the intuitive level as they explore number families and ways to decompose numbers to 10. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Number Cents: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students discuss and model prices, review the money words they've learned, and play games to facilitate continuing practice. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
More or less estimator
This activity allows the user to estimate quantities and sizes including the number of objects in a set, the lengths of a curve, and the area of a shape (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–12 Mathematics)
Provided by: Shodor
More and More Buttons
Students use buttons to create, model, and record addition sentences. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Making Glyphs
Students learn a powerful way to display data-using a glyph. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Making Change
Students model prices mentioned in a children's book. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mail time! An integrated postcard and geography study
In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students write to friends and family asking them to send picture postcards. This activity provides motivation for writing and reading and provides a wonderful opportunity to learn about maps as students discover where... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Social Studies)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Macaroni Math: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students apply the mathematical knowledge and skills developed in the previous lessons as they play a new game. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Lost buttons
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate subtraction more directly, beginning with the easier “take away” mode. They model “take away” subtraction with buttons and write subtraction sentences.... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students review the models for subtraction, use the properties of subtraction, and memorize subtraction facts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Let's Learn Those Facts: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students display their knowledge of properties of objects for sorting and creating patterns. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Let's Count to 5: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students review the numbers they have learned during this unit by creating and comparing sets of zero to five objects and writing the cardinal number for each set. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Let's Count to 20: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students use ten frames and connecting cubes to explore sets of 10 to 20. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Learning about number relationships and properties of numbers using calculators and hundred boards
Virtual hundred boards and calculators furnish a visual way of highlighting and displaying various patterns and relationships among numbers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
How Many Ways?
In this lesson, the second of a six-lesson unit from Illuminations, students estimate the value of collections of pennies, nickels, and dimes. They then determine the exact amount by exchanging sets of pennies or nickels for dimes. As an extension, they... (Learn more)
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How Many More?
Students write subtraction problems, model them with sets of fish-shaped crackers, and communicate their findings in words and pictures. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
How Many More Fish? Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students use the mathematical knowledge and skills developed in the previous lessons as they play games involving comparative subtraction. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics